He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin.
There is a middle ground in things.
The just man having a firm grasp of his intentions, neither the heated passions of his fellow men ordaining something awful, nor a tyrant staring him in the face, will shake in his convictions.